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7 Educational Youtube Channels for Your Primary Students.

Teaching is easier when you have fun tools to supplement your lessons. Videos help learners understand concepts in a very different way than standing in front of the class or even reading books. Use these educational Youtube channels to stimulate your students and help them absorb the day's lessons.

#1. Hoopla Kids Edu

Hoopla Kids
Edu - Educational Videos for Kids has nearly 41,000 subscribers and posts
several new videos each week. Topics range from learning colors, to ABCs, to
opposites and beyond. This channel is sure to help your early learners with
a range of topics using fun and engaging music and images.

#2. Hazel Rabbit

Hazel
Rabbit - Kids Songs and Baby Nursery Rhymes posts many original and classic
songs that kids can get in tune with. Sing about everyone from superheroes to
Santa Clause with the creators of this channel. Your Pre-K through 3rd grade
students will enjoy the sing-alongs as a class.

#4. #Education

The #PrimaryAndSecondaryEducation
section of Youtube's #Education channel is filled with interesting topics for
older grade-schoolers. Need help showing how cell cycle and mitosis works? Or,
would you like to explore something more serious, like whether or not aliens
exist? Whatever it is you want to adventure into with your students, this channel
has you covered.

#5. Brain Candy TV

Brain
Candy TV uploads a new video every two weeks, with topics ranging from the
basics like colors, letters, and animal names, to more advanced subjects like
our solar system and how big the Universe really is. Use this channel to journey
into the unknown with the inquisitive learners in your class.

#6. Khan Academy Early Math

Khan
Academy Early Math begins with simple concepts like counting and addition.
As your learners advance, so will the videos you can find here. You can supplement
subjects like geometry, place value, and measurement data with the videos you
find here.

#7. Art for Kids Hub

Art for Kids
Hub might help you make up for the lack of art funding in the school system
currently. Here, you can find easy ways to teach kids art concepts and then
apply them in the classroom. This is one of the most popular art channels for
kids on Youtube, with almost 563K subscribers.

Conclusion

No matter what topic you want to teach and learn with your kids, Youtube has you covered with videos to aid your efforts. Try one of these channels today, and watch your kids get excited about learning. You'll probably be able to come up with new ideas for lessons after you see how many topics are actually available. The best part is that they're all free - no subscription is required to learn with your students.

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